Buena Park High School graduates 432

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Airforce Junior ROTC members, from back, are Master Sgt. Precious Dailey, 16, a junior; Airman Marisol Liang, 16, a junior; Second Lt. Eunchong Lee, 18, a senior; and Cadet Captain Alex Rivero, 17, a senior. They are preparing to present the colors at the Buena Park High School commencement Thursday.

BUENA PARK – More than 400 seniors graduated from Buena Park High School at its commencement ceremony in Spaulding Stadium Thursday.

Thirty one graduated with the highest honor as Principal’s Scholars, 49 earned high honors and 69 received honors. The total number of graduates was 432.

Valedictorian Neyamatullah Akbar gave a speech at the commencement about the value of education. He related how his father, who grew up in Bangladesh, had to pack his belongings in a plastic bag and swim across a river to go to school every day.